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Xbox already isn't selling well compared to the competition. I imagine this will not help.

• aleph_minus_one 1y ago
  > Xbox already isn't selling well compared to the competition. I imagine this will not help. What you want to optimize is (profit per customer) * (number of customers) The economic assumption behind the price increase is that by this change the "profit per customer" increases "more" than "number of customers" decreases. We will see ...
  • protimewaster 1y ago
    Fair point. I wasn't thinking just from a pure profit perspective. I was thinking maybe they'd be interested in having a product that's more popular in the marketplace, but maybe this is just them conceding defeat with regard to popularity and trying to squeeze profit.
• daft_pink 1y ago
  Just watched a video about how they have virtually no unique titles, have compatibility issues between the disc and discless consoles and is a failing platform. Totally shocked they are raising prices like you. https://youtu.be/q9hRCVqxoic?si=z2Ya8jWRReM-Paqu https://youtu.be/q9hRCVqxoic?si=z2Ya8jWRReM-Paqu
  • beAbU 1y ago
    People say this, yet my Series X is by far the best expense from my entertainment budget by far. That combined with game pass permium is unreal value for money. I've maybe bought 4 games at full price in the 4 years since I got it. I (and my wife) game on it almost daily.
• Stevvo 1y ago
  Xbox is not focused on selling consoles and games. The focus is on game pass; they have more current subscribers than total consoles sold. This will just push more players to game pass instead of buying physical consoles/games.